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| Date: | Friday 15 April 1960 |
| Time: | 09:51 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-0919 |
| MSN: | 16613 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lincoln AFB, NE (LNK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lincoln AFB, NE (LNK/KLNK) |
| Riverside-March AFB, CA (RIV/KRIV) |
On a northbound takeoff, the KC-97G lost directional control. The nose gear collapsed as the plane skidded off the runway into a refueling pit, where it was destroyed by fire.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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